2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

February 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2008 2007 2009 2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champions | Seasons The 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 24th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 6. It ended with the Xtra Mart World Series at Thompson again on October 19. Donny Lia entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Ted Christopher won the 2008 championship after 16 races, 127 points ahead of Matt Hirschman. Schedule Source: 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/2008/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 No. Race title Track Date 1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut April 5 2 Spring Sizzler Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut April 27 3 TSI Harley-Davidson 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut May 23 4 New England Dodge Dealers 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut June 19 5 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire June 28 6 Mason Farms 100 Spencer Speedway, Williamson, New York July 12 7 Miller Lite 140 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York August 2 8 New England Dodge Dealers 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut August 8 9 New England Dodge Dealers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut August 14 10 Whelen 150 Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield, Ohio August 23 11 Sunoco Modified Mania 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut September 7 12 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire September 13 13 Made In America Whelen 300The Made In America Whelen 300 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers received points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general. Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia September 20 14 Chemung 120 Chemung Speedrome, Chemung, New York October 5 15 CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut October 12 16 Xtra Mart World Series Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut October 19 Notes Results and standings Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Winning manufacturer 1 Icebreaker 1502008 Icebreaker https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Icebreaker/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 James Civali James Civali Ed Flemke Jr. Chevrolet 2 Spring Sizzler2008 Spring Sizzler https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Spring_Sizzler/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Ryan Preece Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet 3 TSI Harley-Davidson 1502008 TSI Harley-Davidson 150 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_TSI_Harley-Davidson_150/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Chuck Hossfeld Chuck Hossfeld Chuck Hossfeld Dodge 4 New England Dodge Dealers 752008 New England Dodge Dealers 75 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_New_England_Dodge_Dealers_75/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Bobby Grigas III Ted Christopher Ron Silk Pontiac 5 New England 1002008 New England 100 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_New_England_100/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Chuck Hossfeld Ted Christopher Chuck Hossfeld Dodge 6 Mason Farms 1002008 Mason Farms 100 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Mason_Farms_100/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Jan Leaty Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Chevrolet 7 Miller Lite 1402008 Miller Lite 140 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Miller_Lite_140/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Bill Park Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet 8 New England Dodge Dealers 1502008 New England Dodge Dealers 150 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_New_England_Dodge_Dealers_150_%28August_8%29/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Eric Beers Ryan Preece Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet 9 New England Dodge Dealers 1502008 New England Dodge Dealers 150 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_New_England_Dodge_Dealers_150_%28August_14%29/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Chuck Hossfeld Todd Szegedy Ron Silk Pontiac 10 Whelen 1502008 Whelen 150 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Whelen_150/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Eric Beers Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet 11 Sunoco Modified Mania 1502008 Sunoco Modified Mania 150 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Sunoco_Modified_Mania_150/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Todd Szegedy Ford 12 New Hampshire 1002008 New Hampshire 100 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_New_Hampshire_100/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Ryan Newman Jimmy Blewett Ted Christopher Chevrolet 13 Made In America Whelen 3002008 Made In America Whelen 300 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Made_In_America_Whelen_300/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet 14 Chemung 1202008 Chemung 120 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Chemung_120/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Chevrolet 15 CarQuest Fall Final2008 CarQuest Fall Final https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Carquest_Fall_Final/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Pontiac 16 Xtra Mart World Series2008 Xtra Mart World Series https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2008_Xtra_Mart_World_Series/N/ racing-reference.info 3 September 2024 September 3, 2024 Eric Beers Ron Silk Ted Christopher Chevrolet Drivers' championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. Pos Driver THO STA STA THO NHA SPE RIV STA THO MFD THO NHA MAR CHE STA THO Points 1 Ted Christopher 10 1* 3 2* 2* 19 4 28 4 1** 14* 1 4 7 6 1 2441 2 Matt Hirschman 16 14 10 7 12 1* 16 4 2 6 9 6 2 1** 2 25 2314 3 Todd Szegedy 7 9 2 6 7 7 14 16 20* 23 1 13 5 2 4 8 2260 4 Chuck Hossfeld 2 3 1* 4 1 3 17 15 16 28 15 29 19 4 3 2 2251 5 Ron Silk 21 28 25 1 10 2 2 27 1 5 2 19 24 5 15 3* 2158 6 Eric Beers 28 2 5 14 4 17 10 5 32 4 10 10 14 16 5 10 2115 7 Mike Stefanik 33 4 4 3 26 5 7 7 5 8 22 27 23 3 1* 24 2102 8 Rowan Pennink 9 6 11 19 16 12 21 25 7 13 8 22 8 9 7 12 2016 9 Jimmy Blewett 12 23 31 29 13 4 1* 1 25 2 26 2* 25 21 13 15 1969 10 Ryan Preece 19 29 7 10 8 25 5 18* 24 3 27 3 1* 18 28 14 1948 11 Ed Flemke Jr. 1 27 6 26 3 16 19 2 26 24 30 16 7 13 11 23 1911 12 Kevin Goodale 25 11 16 9 17 27 13 6 33 9 11 30 17 11 10 16 1847 13 Glenn Tyler 14 10 24 25 22 13 9 12 27 20 28 14 15 17 9 11 1812 14 Ken Heagy 15 12 18 15 31 18 6 21 17 16 18 12 29 14 22 13 1800 15 Danny Sammons 34 16 19 34 23 9 DNQ 8 8 18 12 5 22 23 16 29 1723 16 Jamie Tomaino 38 8 13 35 21 21 28 22 9 15 32 9 10 12 26 6 1710 17 Bobby Grigas III 3 30 15 21 36 10 26 23 10 22 13 18 26 8 18 31 1709 18 Glen Reen 27 13 20 23 35 6 12 24 6 10 25 35 34 24 20 22 1635 19 Joe Hartmann 4 31 22 24 24 14 18 19 29 17 17 31 18 15 24 DNQ 1591 20 Wade Cole 22 21 21 16 25 8 20 20 19 27 19 33 27 22 25 DNQ 1543 21 Tom Abele Jr. 5 17 DNQ 18 38 22 DNQ DNQ 12 25 20 28 21 20 27 20 1520 22 Billy Pauch Jr. 18 22 14 31 20 13 14 11 7 15 31 19 17 DNQ 1506 23 Richard Savary 26 7 23 13 37 23 14 11 29 21 37 32 7 1317 24 Jake Marosz 23 35 DNQ 25 28 15 DNQ DNQ 22 21 21 17 40 25 33 DNQ 1303 25 Rick Fuller 32 34 30 12 14 11 23 19 5 36 33 14 30 1271 26 Reggie Ruggiero 8 32 28 DNQ 5 DNQ 30 4 25 3 29 DNQ 1173 27 Anthony Sesely 11 15 27 27 30 11 22 30 13 26 8 1136 28 Erick Rudolph 29 24 9 24 17 7 7 6 5 1105 29 Renee Dupuis 17 26 DNQ 11 34 DNQ 28 24 23 23 26 959 30 Woody Pitkat 17 18 12 8 6 10 18 883 31 Bobby Santos III 35 8 6 3 6 38 32 781 32 James Civali 6* 5 8 28 29 26 27 769 33 Gary McDonald 39 DNQ DNQ 27 DNQ DNQ 15 23 24 DNQ 703 34 Rob Summers 33 29 15 31 4 12 27 697 35 Doug Coby DNQ 3 3 34 21 4 694 36 Charlie Pasteryak 13 12 20 10 37 28 619 37 Eric Berndt 31 18 26 32 29 31 31 31 617 38 Carl Pasteryak 20 25 DNQ 17 9 17 614 39 Tony Ferrante Jr. 30 5 11 16 9 611 40 Andy Seuss 33 18 21 14 301 21 494 41 Sean Patterson 24 19 33 DNQ 337 42 Eric Goodale 13 19 DNQ 304 43 Frank Ruocco 20 DNQ DNQ 30 295 44 Tommy Farrell 30 DNQ 11 264 45 Donny Lia 3 32 232 46 Dan Jivanelli 8 142 47 Jeff Fuller 9 138 48 Kenny Horton DNQ2 26 131 49 Jimmy Storace 37 28 131 50 Brian Loftin 11 91 130 51 Dion Ciccarelli 29 DNQ2 125 52 Bill Park 15 118 53 L. W. Miller 19 121 106 54 Keith Rocco 19 106 55 Bill Hebing 20 103 56 Ryan Newman 20 103 57 Wayne Anderson 23 94 58 Chuck Steuer 24 91 59 Mike Andrews 25 88 60 Jon McKennedy DNQ2 DNQ2 86 61 Darrel Krentz 26 85 62 Mike Leaty 29 76 63 Buck Catalano 30 73 64 Jeremy Stoltz 30 73 65 Jan Leaty 31 70 66 Jamie Tomaino Jr. 31 DNQ 70 67 Dale Quarterley 32 67 68 Justin Bonsignore DNQ2 64 69 Gregg Shivers DNQ2 61 70 J. R. Bertuccio 36 55 71 Roy Seidell Jr. DNQ2 52 72 Ken Bouchard DNQ2 37 Bradley Robbins DNQ Bryan Dauzat DNQ Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points Tim Brown 11 George Brunnhoelzl III 16 Rich Kuiken Jr. 20 Jason Myers 28 Jay Foley 32 John Smith 35 Frank Fleming 36 Bobby Hutchens 38 Zach Brewer 39 Sean Garter 41 Buddy Emory 42 Scott Rigney DNQ Pos Driver THO STA STA THO NHA SPE RIV STA THO MFD THO NHA MAR CHE STA THO Points 1 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. 2 – Kenny Horton, Dion Ciccarelli, Jon McKennedy, Justin Bonsignore, Gregg Shivers, Roy Seidell Jr., and Ken Bouchard received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race. See also Sports 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series 2008 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2008 NASCAR Corona Series References *